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this economy the new normal? caller: it looks like it with everything the way is going on -- with everything that is going on. my situation iis ok. i have family and friends that have been laid off and trying to find jobs and we all are trying to help a couple of family members out. host: where are you from? caller: i am calling from north llc -- from north tennessee. our next call, good morning. love c-span and "washington journal." basically this whole concept of ," -- a lot of us forget history. the way i view things is since world war two there has been this big exhalation of government programs. -- escalation of government programs. over decades they have made these promises and it is starting to encroach in the private sector. the private sector is what creates jobs, not the government. think that as an important concept here. it is kind of a big escalation in government and it is starting to infringe on the private sector. host: if you are listening on c- span radio, coast-to-coast on x m at channel -- on
this economy the new normal? caller: it looks like it with everything the way is going on -- with everything that is going on. my situation iis ok. i have family and friends that have been laid off and trying to find jobs and we all are trying to help a couple of family members out. host: where are you from? caller: i am calling from north llc -- from north tennessee. our next call, good morning. love c-span and "washington journal." basically this whole concept of ," -- a lot of...
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does the economy recover painfully slowly? yesterday john taylor at stanford has an interesting study. this is the worst recovery from a financially related recession in the history of the united states. generally, the markets are slow to recover. this is far worse. this involves the entire economy. it was not in the financial collapse. ,ost: in the financial times have a headline, fed signals sent investors running for cover. he delivered the clearest signal yet that the u.s. central bank was preparing to scale back or tapir its monthly asset purchases as long as u.s. economic conditions improve as expected. he commented at a news conference on thursday. was speedy and brutal. from georgeers mason university is here to talk to us about that. our next call is charles on our line for democrats. caller: it is nice to be able to speak this morning in reference to the economy. my issue is simply this. we have an economy with the laws are not enforced. the big bank ceo's have gotten away with murder and wrecked in this country. not
does the economy recover painfully slowly? yesterday john taylor at stanford has an interesting study. this is the worst recovery from a financially related recession in the history of the united states. generally, the markets are slow to recover. this is far worse. this involves the entire economy. it was not in the financial collapse. ,ost: in the financial times have a headline, fed signals sent investors running for cover. he delivered the clearest signal yet that the u.s. central bank was...
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that is the new norm in our economy. the caller is exactly right, you give legal status to 11 million people and you bring in all of these low skilled immigrants in the future, you are going to drive down the wages of the least skilled american workers. many of them are simply leaving to work force entirely, being pushed out by immigration. this bill will make that even worse. increases in income for everybody. in the united states right now, immigrants do not have job opportunities. if this is allowing people to come here and allowing americans to hire the people they want to hire going forward. it is remarkable that we have a supposedly free-market think- tank over your arguing that the government's job is to control the flow of production that american employers want to hire and the american economy demands simply because of some sort of central planning and nostalgic. guest: the government's job is to determine who the citizens of united states will be guarded item that there is anyone who wants to grant citizenship
that is the new norm in our economy. the caller is exactly right, you give legal status to 11 million people and you bring in all of these low skilled immigrants in the future, you are going to drive down the wages of the least skilled american workers. many of them are simply leaving to work force entirely, being pushed out by immigration. this bill will make that even worse. increases in income for everybody. in the united states right now, immigrants do not have job opportunities. if this is...
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the economy is improving. it could be doing even better if not for some irresponsible policies we have allowed to take shape in the congress related to sequestration. $85 billion in randomly distributed cuts. nobody in congress think this is a good idea. my constituents and others can reasonably ask the question, why have we allowed it to take place? independent economists have suggested it will cost the economy 750,000 jobs, 1.5 percentage points in economic growth. byislation sponsored congressman john conyers to repeal the sequester. a sequester replacement has been offered. the problem we face in the congress right now -- the senate and the house have passed budget resolutions. the next step would be for con ferees to have a conversation and figure out how to find common ground. after four here is, some of our friends on the other side of the aisle, led by the speaker and the chairman of the budget committee say, we want rental order and we want conference committees. now there -- we want regular order and
the economy is improving. it could be doing even better if not for some irresponsible policies we have allowed to take shape in the congress related to sequestration. $85 billion in randomly distributed cuts. nobody in congress think this is a good idea. my constituents and others can reasonably ask the question, why have we allowed it to take place? independent economists have suggested it will cost the economy 750,000 jobs, 1.5 percentage points in economic growth. byislation sponsored...
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the economy is doing fine. the sequester is having a role as well. it seems anybody would turn off the sequester before september. the budget caps will continue for some time. i would expect the kinds of cuts will continue in the foreseeable future. callswe are taking your and comments on sequestration, the and the save leaks -- anthe and any other subject you want to talk about. caller: i would like to make a few comments. payingas immigration -- taxes. when you go out for a job, if you do not have a ged, you cannot get a job. that needs to be changed. this would give jobs from the middle class -- they have been working all these years. , making young people ends meet. as far as thent, surveillance, they should not be doing that to the american people that pay taxes. people with lines are not criminal. the republicans and democrats will lose focus. host: ken from delaware. we have a few tweets about that. host: ian swanson, if you could jump in. guest: half the senate did not show up for an nsa briefing. host: do they list who does and does not atte
the economy is doing fine. the sequester is having a role as well. it seems anybody would turn off the sequester before september. the budget caps will continue for some time. i would expect the kinds of cuts will continue in the foreseeable future. callswe are taking your and comments on sequestration, the and the save leaks -- anthe and any other subject you want to talk about. caller: i would like to make a few comments. payingas immigration -- taxes. when you go out for a job, if you do not...
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if there is something we can do about it, does it justify that the economy -- the hit that the economy might take? and what will happen to physical industry in ohio and west virginia, for example. and i think it will probably be very dangerous for a conservative to be "a climate change denier." having said that, there are some very real questions over how do you respond and how serious is it? but i think that is an issue that we'll be confronting as president obama points out. i think it's an issue that is not something that anybody really decides to vote on, which may be why it's not up there with immigration reform. host: ok. something like climate change tracks with conservative vores now? guest: i would say probably not. if you were in favor of -- it could hit you from an economic standpoint and it could hurt you in a place like ohio and west virginia, which is really struggling right now with their economy, but if you go down and you ranked -- there's this question over preference vs. intensity. and we saw this with gun debate with background checks. so like almost everybody is in
if there is something we can do about it, does it justify that the economy -- the hit that the economy might take? and what will happen to physical industry in ohio and west virginia, for example. and i think it will probably be very dangerous for a conservative to be "a climate change denier." having said that, there are some very real questions over how do you respond and how serious is it? but i think that is an issue that we'll be confronting as president obama points out. i think...
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you are looking at some of the most vulnerable people in our economy today. a cut, it is just not a cut of an increase. it would cut the program back -- back. which in my view at this time is a very difficult economy and food stamps -- you'll take my word and take a look at literature about how food stamps has helped people get out of poverty. why would we want people to fall back into it? we've had the highest rate of poverty that we have had in the united states today. host: democrat representing the third district on her 12 term. she served as ranking member on health and labor services and also served on the committee of agriculture, rural develop and and the fda. our next caller is bob in virginia democrat. caller: hi, i just said i strongly agree, she talks about spending priorities. if president obama would immediately cancel this 100 might tell her trip to africa, we could take all of that money and feed all of the hungry children in america. guest: guest: guest: well sir that is your point of view, we believe in the global economy today and we have i
you are looking at some of the most vulnerable people in our economy today. a cut, it is just not a cut of an increase. it would cut the program back -- back. which in my view at this time is a very difficult economy and food stamps -- you'll take my word and take a look at literature about how food stamps has helped people get out of poverty. why would we want people to fall back into it? we've had the highest rate of poverty that we have had in the united states today. host: democrat...
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economy is based on militarism. that is something that we have to get away from. i think the three dangerous people in the senate are lindsey graham, john mccain, and now kelly ayotte. kelly ayotte may be the most dangerous woman in the world because she is one of the last of the neocons. i'm afraid she's a little too late to the party could we are getting sick of it. i am a ron paul republican. everythingt about all along. everybody puts them down because he is, but at least he does not believe in perpetual war for perpetual peace. host: thanks for the call. this on our twitter page -- you can live in the northeast or midwest -- you know fracking is a big issue as hurling continues. it has created an economic boom and parts of pennsylvania and the upper midwest. the headline from the "weekly standard" -- as we said, the president is heading to northern ireland for the g-8 summit. from thehill.com jack joins us from minnesota, on our line for independence. caller: good morning. i hope you can give me about half an hour. i've got a lot of things to say. i am furiou
economy is based on militarism. that is something that we have to get away from. i think the three dangerous people in the senate are lindsey graham, john mccain, and now kelly ayotte. kelly ayotte may be the most dangerous woman in the world because she is one of the last of the neocons. i'm afraid she's a little too late to the party could we are getting sick of it. i am a ron paul republican. everythingt about all along. everybody puts them down because he is, but at least he does not...